Ma Qian

Dist. Professor Ma Qian

Professor

Details

  • College: School of Engineering
  • Department: School of Engineering
  • Campus: City Campus Australia
  • ma.qian@rmit.edu.au

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Dr Ma Qian is Distinguished Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Materials at RMIT. Professor Qian came to RMIT in 2013 from The University of Queensland, where he was Reader in Materials Engineering, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering.

Awards and honours:
• Materials Australia's Lifetime Achievement Award (Highest Honour) (2022)
• Fellow of American Society for Metals International (FASM, 2020) – ASM is the World's foremost professional society for materials scientists, engineers and technicians (established in 1913)
• RMIT Distinguished Professor Award (effective January 2019)
• RMIT Engineering 2019 Executive Dean's Research Excellence Award – Level E (professorial level)
• American Society for Metals International (ASM) 2006 Henry Howe Marion Medal
• TMS Light Metals 2003 – Magnesium Technology Award
• The inaugural Australian CAST-CRC Industry Partners Award (2003)
• The Australian CAST-CRC Commercialisation Award (2003)
• Appointed to the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts (2023)

Supervisor projects

  • Manufacturing approach and experimental investigation of microstructure and mechanical properties of hierarchical Ta-Ti lattice material for artificial bone applications
  • 14 Jun 2024
  • Artificial intelligence based light alloy design for additive manufacturing
  • 30 Jan 2024
  • Additive manufacturing of ultra-high temperature materials for extreme applications
  • 5 Dec 2023
  • Hierarchical Ta-Ti lattice materials by 3D printing and nanofabrication
  • 27 Oct 2023
  • In-depth characterization of additively manufactured titanium high entropy alloys
  • 23 Mar 2023
  • Additive Manufacturing of High Entropy Alloys
  • 8 Mar 2023
  • A Study on Additively manufactured Graphene reinforced Aluminum alloy matrix composites
  • 10 Feb 2023
  • Ultrahigh-strength and low-cost novel titanium alloys for additive manufacturing
  • 1 Feb 2023
  • Effect of deposition path strategies on metallurgical and mechanical properties of Ni-based superalloys manufactured by Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM).
  • 10 Jan 2023
  • Maximization of stacking faults in HCP Titanium a precursor for HCP transition to FCC lattice
  • 4 Jan 2023
  • Additive Manufacturing of Ti 6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo: Processing, microstructure and mechanical properties
  • 2 Nov 2022
  • Synthesis and Investigation of Light-weight, Sintered Hollow Metallic Spheres
  • 10 Apr 2022
  • Design, manufacture, and characterisation of advanced materials for ultrahigh temperature application
  • 17 Mar 2022
  • Optimisation of high-value metal AM structures
  • 4 Feb 2022
  • Geometric Defects And Mechanical Response Of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures
  • 19 Aug 2020
  • Titanium Hollow-strut Lattice Metamaterials by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
  • 11 Jun 2020
  • Robust Ti-6Al-4V replacement parts built with selective laser melted surface condition constraints
  • 27 Apr 2020
  • Ultrahigh-strength titanium structures by metal additive manufacturing
  • 13 Feb 2020
  • Investigation of Thick Powder Layers in Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Ti6Al4V
  • 16 Sep 2019
  • Characterisation of Manufacturability and Mechanical Response of Additively Manufactured Strut Elements and Lattice Structures
  • 10 Sep 2019
  • High-speed Laser Directed Energy Deposition of Stellite 6 Coatings on Steel Substrates
  • 13 May 2019
  • Fatigue Characterisation of Additively Manufactured Aluminium Alloy
  • 16 Apr 2019
  • Development of Strong and Ductile Ti-Zr-Nb-Ta-based High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) for Biomedical Applications
  • 14 Dec 2018
  • Design of Additively Manufactured Ti-xFe Alloys – A Micro Segregation (β flecks) Study
  • 15 Oct 2018
  • Identifying and understanding the relationship between fatigue crack growth rate and substrate/coating thickness of laser repaired Ti6Al4V
  • 28 Aug 2017
  • Selective Laser Melting of AISI 4140 Steel
  • 12 May 2017
  • Low-Cost and Biocompatible Nickel-Free Superelastic Titanium Alloys
  • 29 Feb 2016
  • Bactericidal Copper Nanostructures by Chemical Dealloying
  • 29 Feb 2016
  • Surface modification of titanium implants for improved bone-to-implant integration and fixation
  • 5 Aug 2015
  • Refinement of the Microstructure of Light Alloys using Ultrasonic and Laser Processing
  • 2 Mar 2015
  • Understanding the Mechanisms of Fe Dissolution from the Steel Strip into the 55%Al-Zn Coating Alloy Bath
  • 2 Mar 2015
  • Design and development of low elastic modulus Ti-Nb-Zr alloys for biomedical applications
  • 2 Mar 2015
  • Characterization of the a'-Martensite Phase and Its Decomposition in Ti-6Al-4V Additively Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting
  • 23 Oct 2014

Teaching interests

Advanced Manufacturng and Design (MANU2455/MANU2532)

Supervisor interests
Advanced manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, Physical metallurgy, Powder metallurgy, Modelling

Research interests

Additive Manufacturing, Solidification Processing, Powder Metallurgy, Metallic Biomaterials, Metallic Lattice Metamaterials
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